The adventure begins...

I have arrived in Beijing and things are going well. I haven't been here long enough or done enough to have any real adventures but I can summarise the trip so far:

- a slightly emotional farewell to Katrina
- a 12 hour flight with movies on demand (the ones where you can pause and fast forward and watch when you want). It was also interesting to note that this flight had the oldest and least beautiful flight attendants I've ever seen on a flight. Flight attendants are usually in (or close to) their 20s and 'beautiful' but theses were all old. I can cope with that but it was unusual...
- talk to girls selling Chinese SIM card at the airport and find that my phone is locked and I don't know the password (either I don't have it, or I should have it but have never used it) so can't use my phone here
- get taxi to the hotel. I splashed out a little bit here - well, I'm arriving in a strange country and am recovering from a cold, and taxis don't cost too much and I never get to stay in nice hotels. Look, I don't have to justify it...
- Watch half an episode of Lost. Now I want to know what happened when the key was turned... OK, I'll cope if I don't find out (I never watch it normally). Am wondering whethere I can increas readership of this blog if I structure it like lost: pretend that I'm going to give you some information but only raise more questions which I never really get around to answering (although you know I'm just about to)
- Bananas at breakfast - that was worth flying half way around the world for :)
- Get to the university, register for accommodation, pay tuition fees etc. That wasn't so bad.
- Meet my room mate Migel from Spain. I'm in a double room in the new building which I've been told is much nicer and roomier that the older rooms. Migel seems quite friendly.
- Find internet access
- Find I can't actually see my own blog... I can write it but I can't see what it looks like and can't see if there are any comments. I'll let you know if I find a way around it.

So, in short I'm doing well. But I haven't tried to go anywhere and I haven't started studying. So, there are plenty of adventures coming up. Stay tuned